PUTRAJAYA: A wide net has been cast on those barred from leaving the country by the Immigration Department. And it is not just tax offenders and those with criminal records who face a rude shock at border checkpoints or at the airport. The latest figures show some 85,000 National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) beneficiaries who did not repay their loans on the department’s travel blacklist.

PETALING JAYA: The addition of more items to be exempted from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is testament of the Government’s commitment to respond to the concerns of those in the lower income bracket.

PETALING JAYA: Russia has assured Malaysia of its assistance in ensuring safe passage for international teams to re-enter the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine once the conditions there have improved.